Workshop 2. Core inflation measurement

Organised by IMF and CIS-STAT

This workshop first overviews the thinking behind, measurement of, and c=
riteria for selecting among, alternative measures of core inflation. Attent=
ion is then focused on the practical issues of credibility of core measures=
when food absorbs large proportions of household expenditure and the relat=
ionship between the central bank and national statistical offices (NSOs) in=
the design and execution of the measures. This is followed by presentation=
s on practical issues in compilation and dissemination by a CIS-STAT and th=
e State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, that develops some of the issues i=
n the overview. Sufficient time is made available for participant contribut=
ions of their country=E2=80=99s experience in light of the aforementioned i=
ssues.